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Article: Medical assessment of the health effects of short leisure trips.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
- Author:
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IN MODERN SOCIETY, in which diversity in lifestyles and attitude are increasingly apparent, people perceive work in different ways. Even in Japan the former value placed on devotion to work that was widespread during the extended period of economic growth started to make less sense with growing affluence. Now, after a protracted recession and debate over the need to take more personal responsibility in a restructured workplace and the ensuing increased risk of unemployment has caused further radical alterations in attitudes. The introduction of work sharing has further increased leisure time for some people and, in general, there is growing interest in effectively using ...